Hi friends....if you read my last review of the Stillwater show, you heard about all of my broken work from the wind there! I have been trying to think of a solution and need any input you can provide. Here is a description of my rig and the scenario in which I was in when my art took flight.....
I have a heavily weighted tent that did not move during the wind at all. It was very secure and stable. I used Pro Panels in a 6 panel configuration with two sides open for being on a corner. I used two telescoping stabilizer bars and one short stabilizer bar for a total of three bars. I use the Pro Panel shelves and had 6 shelves up. The Po Panels shook during the wind gusts so bad that my work took off and landed on the floor. I had four pedestals up with work on all of them too, of course that work also went flying, so I took everything off the pedestals and put the one side down thinking that would help with the wind and it didn't. The work still was unstable and more fell, so at that point I moved everything off the shelves to a table the show gave me. Once I lost two pieces from the table, I called my husband balling and decided to pack up and leave the show early due to all the damage sustained.
I don't want this to happen again, so I am trying to think of a way to put a barrier or something up so if the wind is shaking the panels, a roping or something will catch the work. I haven't had a good idea yet, can you please share any ideas you have with me? I lost about $2000.00 in work, much of which I can repair, but the time lost with repairing will keep me from making anything new this week or next week. Please help and I am very grateful. Thanks much!!! Elle
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Elle, the fishing line sounds like it will work. If you used Velcro wouldn't the piece of art work have a piece of Velcro stuck to it when you sold it to the customer. With fishing line you can just untie it. I like that idea.
Hi Friends... Thanks for all of your suggestions. I have figured it out. I am drilling small wood screws in the back of the shelves and will tie fishing line to the screw and loop it around the pieces. That way if they fall over, they won't go anywhere. Basically, they will hang instead of falling off. Won't cost more than ten bucks!!!!! YAY an easy way to avoid a week in the shop fixing everything!!!! Woo Hoo I'm pumped now!! Bring on the wind hehe
pamela bronk > Elle HeiligensteinApril 23, 2013 at 12:39pm
Hi this should work, my husbands wood sculptures have been through high winds using the fishing line technique. His pieces range in height from1-3ft. What I used instead of a permanent screw was a drapery hooks. They are movable and work well with the pro panel.
I use the pro panel hooks too and they definitely add some stability. Before I got them I would velcro every panel to the top bar of the tent and to the stabars. ULine sells a roll of velcro that works great. I still velcro the legs of the pro panels to the stabars. I don't know how fragile your pieces are but a rug in the booth might help cushion anything that falls.
Jim Parker > Alison ThomasApril 25, 2013 at 9:53am
We use zip ties to secure the legs of each propanel set to the bottom sta-bars. Also zip tie at the corner poles, and to the top canopy horizontals. When done, the propanels & canopy structure are one solid unit. Zip ties can be pulled down very tight, and don't work loose, as velcro sometimes can.
I added a couple more of the adjustable ProPanel poles last year, and that has really helped. The panels are attached to the front leg of the booth, one pole goes across the booth at the back of the front panels, the doorway in the back center has a short pole bridging the doorway and two long poles come off the door opening diagonally criss-crossing to the back of the middle panels. Likewise as you're doing, I'm tying the legs to the bottom Sta-bar except I'm using ball bungees to do that.
Just a thought, would a magnet hold your work? I was at a show last year and the people next to me had metal shelves covered with a very thin carpet looking fabric, they used small very strong magnets on the bottom of their work to hold them in place on the shelves. It also stopped people from just picking things up due to the little resistance.
Hi Chris thanks for the suggestion. My shelves are wood, so I don't think magnets would be an option, they would have to be really powerful. I appreciate your reply very much, though!!!! Thank you! Elle
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Elle, the fishing line sounds like it will work. If you used Velcro wouldn't the piece of art work have a piece of Velcro stuck to it when you sold it to the customer. With fishing line you can just untie it. I like that idea.
I use the pro panel hooks too and they definitely add some stability. Before I got them I would velcro every panel to the top bar of the tent and to the stabars. ULine sells a roll of velcro that works great. I still velcro the legs of the pro panels to the stabars. I don't know how fragile your pieces are but a rug in the booth might help cushion anything that falls.
We use zip ties to secure the legs of each propanel set to the bottom sta-bars. Also zip tie at the corner poles, and to the top canopy horizontals. When done, the propanels & canopy structure are one solid unit. Zip ties can be pulled down very tight, and don't work loose, as velcro sometimes can.
I added a couple more of the adjustable ProPanel poles last year, and that has really helped. The panels are attached to the front leg of the booth, one pole goes across the booth at the back of the front panels, the doorway in the back center has a short pole bridging the doorway and two long poles come off the door opening diagonally criss-crossing to the back of the middle panels. Likewise as you're doing, I'm tying the legs to the bottom Sta-bar except I'm using ball bungees to do that.
Just a thought, would a magnet hold your work? I was at a show last year and the people next to me had metal shelves covered with a very thin carpet looking fabric, they used small very strong magnets on the bottom of their work to hold them in place on the shelves. It also stopped people from just picking things up due to the little resistance.
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